Coin-collector.



G. L. KLINB.

GOIN COLLECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED mms, 1909.

1,059,374, Patented Apr'. 22, 1913.

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To all whomz'tmag/.concerm p Be it knownthat I, GEORGE LEONARD KLINE, citizen of the United States, resid.

ing at St. Louis, inzthezState of Missouri, have invented anew and .useful Improvement in Coin-Collectors, of which the `fol-` lowing. is a` full, clear, concise, land `exact description. I

My invention relates `to coin collectors,

and more particularly to tollboxes for tele` phone pay stations.` Its objects are, first to provide an improved coin chute whereby coins are lessliable to become clogged therein, and second to provide means of insulatingeXposed portions ofthe coin chute to avoid the liability of shocks byusers of the device.

In certain forms `of coincollectorsiwth which I am familiar, byreason of the coin slot or entrance plate .and the `return cup or exit plate being secured to the cover, the coin chute is not continuous, and it is necessary, but difficult, in` assembling and in `the use and repair of isuch` devices, toiobtain a perfect alinement ofthe openings `1n the cover with the `entrance and exit ofthe coin chute in the frame within the cover. The coin chute of my deviceis continuous throughout, and the possibility of thecoin being obstructed in its passage into or out of the cover is avoided... I secure this con-. tinuous. coin chute byprovidinmthe frame which forms the coin chute .withln the .cover with proj ectingmembers extending `through slots in the cover, the `said memloers formf ing the coin slotor entrance andthe return cu or coin exit.`

gometimes in the use of toll boxesfor telephone pay stations a `current having a potential of 110volts isemployed to operf ate the controlling magnets and thus to con-.`

trolthe disposition: of the coin after `it is inserted in thecoinslot. Such a current is of suiicient strength .to cause shocks toithe users of the deviceif they should touch a part of the mechanism, .such as the frame, that is a partof the controlling circuit. It is advisable, therefore, in suchzcases to Iinsulate all exposed parts of `themechanismn To this end my invention also `comprises i a structure in which the .coin slot and return cup may` be made; `of insulating material while at the same` time being .secured to and reinforced by the metal .frame, `whiclnas stated, is. part ofthe controlling circuiti..

" Specification of Letters Patent.

`view from `the opposite side.

detail perspective view of the coin slot; or

Patented Apr. 22,1913.1

` Appiieatiqn med February s, 1909. serial No. 476,641..

shown in` the accompanying drawings my improvements applied to a well knownztype i of tollbox for telephone pay stations, which As illustrative of my invention, I .have

is fully described in. patent to C.`E. Scrib- 60.

ner-, No. 728,309, :issued July 29, 1901.

Figure 1 isa side elevation showing` my device with the cover and a portion of the mechanism in section. F ig. 2 is a similar Fig. 3..is1 a.

entrance. broken away `from the frame. Figs. t, 5 and 6 are views of a modification, Fig. 1 showlngthe com slot 1n detail with* the parts thereof separated, Fig. 5 the coin170` slot in section on line `5 of Fig. 4, andFig.1 6 the `return cup in detail and partly with.- drawn .from the frame. i

Iteferringfirst to Figs. 1 and 2,. the coin: collector comprises a .frame 1, preferably of metal, secured to a back plate 2 by screws 3, 3.; Abox cover 4, which is preferably of metal also, incloses the frame and mechanism and fits snugly to the back plate fromi which it `may be removed for theinspectiom of the inclosed mechanism. The mechanism need not be described in detail, as it is well known. It comprises,however,an1

electromagnet, with `an armature 6 `pivoted in the. frame at 7, 7, and arranged nor-` mally to stop and bold the coin by means of the. pins.8, 8, until current is directed through themagnet to deposit` the coin` in a coin. receptacle in the lowerpart of the cover or to refund it to the user..

A coin chute is formed in the side of the frame by a zigzaggroove 9, 9, over which a plate 10iis secured by screws 11.. A delecting plate 1Q formed out of the plate 10 and passing diagonally through an opens ing .inthe frame `1 is adapted toithrow the coin into the coin receptacle when released 'by the magnet 5 Jfor that purpose.

cause, in assembling, the cover is not always placed in the same positionwith respect to the back plate and frame,and because, in the use and repairof the parts, the frame may 4become warped or bent `out'of place with respectto the cover. The result is that a coin when placed in the slot will sometimes become lodged at theentrance to the coin chute or when t-he operator attempts to return the coin to the user fit willy becomey lodged just inside the cover at the exit. To avoid these troubles Ihave `provided for the frame'of my device projecting members 18` 14,\with slots orl o-penings in the cover intoy "19 and secured theretoby screws or rivets 'an integral part of thek frame.

whichr they fit and vthrough which they eX-f tend. The coin chute formed in the frame within the cover `is extended through thesel members, the coin slot or entrance being thus.

"formed at 13 and the return cup or exit at 14.`

I may form the coin slot and return cup as l That is, the; two sides of the coin chute at the entrance and at the eXit are cast of a single piece ofV metal with ythe frame itself, or otherwisev formed with or secured-to the frame.` Thev plate 10 which forms the `outer sideof the@ coin chute within the cover fits, at its edge 15, into a groove 16 in the outer side of the@ coin slot or entrance. In a similar manner;

the edge 17 Hts `within the tapered edge ofi` the outer side of the coin chute at the exit.; This tapered edge is best shown at 18, Fig.'6.g

lThe purpose of this construction is to a-voidV obstructions at the edges 15 and 18 to the` y free passage of the coin at the entrance and exit of the coin chute. The pin 34 serves tol limit the size ofthe coin which may be in-g serted `in theslot.:

In the modification of my invention shown `in Figsrl, 5 and 6, I have provided a coniy adapted to fit the groove 21 in the inner;

face of the inner side 22'of the co-in slot The side 22 land the outer side 23 may bei of fiber 4or other `suitable insulating material, and may be held together by rivets 24. VVheny assembled the coin slot is fitted over the web; at*y the holes 25. l'

A- similar construction, as shownin Fig. 6,

-may be adopted fo-r the return cup `33. Ag. lweb 26 is adapted to iit a groove 27-in thel inner side28,-which issecured to the ,outer side 29 `by `rivets 30and when the two parts are assembled they .are secured together by;3

screws or rivets at the holes 31; i v A.

It will belnoted that by the'construct-ioni` ,of `my coin collector I ,providea vC Q-iIlCllut kthe sides of which arexcontinuous fromr the:

slot where V.the coin is insertedto the point Where itis held under the control of Ithe. magnet, and vfrom that point to the return cup where `it may be refunded to the subscriber; There are yno lobstruct-ions at the entrance or eXit .to the coin chute, andwhen ties due to variation in processofamanufac-- ture orto ltsuse orwrepairw1ll and must necessarily be adjusted. Furthermore :the

of the'mechanism, and when so removed the lcoin chute is intact from its `entrance :toits exit, so that thek complete mechanism may be tested and operated. Upon replacingthe cover the apparatus maybe expected to perform its functions `as when under test with its cover removed.vv Any slight irregularities in alinement between the projecting mem.-

' the cover is assembled over and incloses the f kvframe and coin mechanism, anyfirregulariyboX coverV may be removed for the inspection bers, forming the entrance and exit ofthe f coin chute, Vand the openings in they frontwall of the cover, will be compensated `for when the cover is put in place bythe bending or giving from one side to the'oth'erlof.k the frame or its projecting members.l

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent the following: 1 i

l. In a coin collector,/abaclr4 plate; cover having `openingsjt-herein for the `projections of a coin chute mounted thereon; coin mechanism mounted within said cover; and a coin chute comprising a frame form` ing one side of the chute within the cover and both sides of the chute withoutjthe cover, and a plate mounted on ysaid fra-me and forming the other side of the chute, within the cover.A Y p i 2. In a coin'colle'ctor, a back plate; coin mechanism mounted thereon; avcover hav. ingopenings therein through which the 'coin slot and refund cup ofa coin `chute project; and a coin chute comprising a frame anida plate, said frame forming oneside ofthe chute within the cover andboth sides `of the coin slot and refund cup, and said plate forming the other side of said `chutewithin the cover.

3. Ina coinfcollector, a back plate;acoin y mechanism `mounted thereon; a cover having openings therein through whichthe coin chute projects; and a coin Vchute comprising. a frame forming one side4 of the chute within the cover and both sides of the chutey without thecover, and a plate mounted on "said,

frame land forming 4the other side `of the f chute within the cover. n n

4. In a coin collector, the combination with a frame and a cover therefor, of `a member securedfto lthe frame and projecting .n

throughan opening inthe covenand a plate secured-.tothe frame within the cover, the...

said member having ,two` sides forming an a frame, a member secured thereto, a plate' forming with the frame a coin chute, anda cover for-the frame and plate having an opening through whichsaid member extends, the said member having; two sides forming an openingto the coin chute, and the edge of said plate overlying the` edge of one of the sides of said member.` a

7. In a toll box for telephone pay stations, the combination, with a metal` frame forming `a part of a coin chute, of aweb extending therefrom, a coin slot member of insulating material havinga groove into which the web .is adapted to lit, the said coin slot member and frame forming `a continuous coin chute, and a cover for the frame having an openingithrough which said member `extends.

8. In a tollbox for telephone pay stations,

the combination with a metal frame and coin` mechanism secured thereto, of a cover for said frame and mechanism, a member of in1- sulating material secured to the frame and extending through an openinflr in said cover,

`the said frame and member forming a continuous coin chute leading from the outside i to the mechanism within the cover.

9.In a `toll box for telephone pay staf` tions,\the combination with the metal frame havinga web extending therefrom, a mem-` ber of insulating material havingtwo sides forming `an opening to a coin chute and a groove in one lof the sides into which said web is adapted to lit, the said frame having a coin chute lcadingto said member, and a cover `for said frame having an opening: through which said member extends.

In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 4th day of February, A. D.

GEORGE LEONARD KLINEJ Witnesses F. RLMOTT, Jos. J. MASON.

Copies of thiszpatent may be obtained for ve cents` each, by `addressing* the Commissioner of Yatent;`

Washington, D. C. 

